Interbody fusion cage and inserter (PLIF/TLIF/ALIF)
Titanium or PEEK spacer implanted into the evacuated intervertebral disc space to restore disc height and promote bony fusion, placed with a dedicated handled inserter instrument.
How it is used
Lumbar or cervical interbody fusion after discectomy, via a posterior (PLIF), transforaminal (TLIF), or anterior (ALIF) approach; complements the already-catalogued pedicle screw system.
Clinical tip
The TLIF approach only requires removing the facet and lamina on one side (unlike the bilateral PLIF approach), reducing nerve-root retraction.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-15.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.